“In creative writing, I teach that characters arise out of our need for...” — Marlon James Quote

“In creative writing, I teach that characters arise out of our need for them.”

“If reggae comes from another country, you can have the relationship to reggae that I have to rock. But it's something I grew up with. It's probably something I appreciate more now. In the '80s, I was all about New Wave and synth pop - New Order and Depeche Mode and Eurythmics and Michael Jackson and tons and tons and tons of Prince.”

“We shouldn't romanticize rejection. There's nothing romantic about rejection. It's horrible.”

“An effective public-health response requires that those leading the response pivot when new information comes out and change course when unexpected circumstance arise.”

“As companies move to web-based computing they get a lot more servers, which are difficult to manage and control. All kinds of problems can arise - security, quality and worms.”

“The United States, working closely with the United Kingdom and others, established the liberal world order in the wake of World War II. The goal was to ensure that the conditions that had led to two world wars in 30 years would never again arise.”